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This is a '''List of wars between the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and [[Sweden]]'''. Broadly construed, the term refers to a series of wars between 1562 and 1814. More narrowly, it refers to particular wars between 1600 and 1629. These are the wars included under the broader use of the term:
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! '''War'''
! '''Notes'''
! '''Treaty'''
! '''Result'''
|-
| [[Swedish expedition to Livonia]]
| Started by Eric XIV in an attempt to expand Swedish territories in the Baltic
| Formal peace never signed, however the war ends when John III becomes king.
| bgcolor="#56B4E9" | '''Swedish victory'''
|-
| [[Polish–Swedish War (1563–1568)]]
| Caused by the entrance of Poland–Lithuania in the [[Northern Seven Years' War|Northern Seven Years War]]
| Formal peace never signed, however the war ends when John III becomes king.
| bgcolor="#56B4E9" | '''Swedish victory'''
|-
| [[War against Sigismund]]
| Started by Charles IX in an attempt to depose Sigismund III.
| Continued by the [[Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611)]].
| bgcolor="#56B4E9" | '''Swedish victory'''
|-
| [[De la Gardie Campaign]]
| Swedish intervention in the [[Polish–Russian War (1609–1618)]]
| Truce signed after the [[Battle of Klushino]]
| bgcolor="#CC79A7" | '''Polish–Lithuanian victory'''
|-
| [[Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611)]]
| Continuation of the War against Sigismund.
| Truce signed in 1611.
| bgcolor="#C0E0FF" | '''Disputed'''
|-
|[[Polish–Swedish War (1617–1618)]]
| Phase of the longer [[Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629)]].
| Truce in 1618
| bgcolor="#56B4E9" | '''Swedish victory'''
|-
| [[Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625)]]
| Phase of the longer [[Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629)]].
| [[Truce of Mitawa]]
| bgcolor="#56B4E9" | '''Swedish victory'''
|-
| [[Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629)]]
| Last phase of the [[Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629)]].
| [[Treaty of Altmark]]
| bgcolor="#56B4E9" | '''Swedish victory'''
|-
| [[Second Northern War]]
| Instigated by [[Charles X Gustav]] in an attempt to force John II Casimir to renounce his claim to the Swedish throne.
| [[Treaty of Oliva]]
| bgcolor="#C0E0FF" | '''Disputed'''
|-
| [[Swedish invasion of Poland (1701–1706)|Swedish invasion of Poland]]
| First stage of [[Great Northern War]]
| [[Treaty of Altranstädt (1706)|Treaty of Altranstädt]]
| bgcolor="#56B4E9" | '''Swedish victory'''
|-
| [[Great Northern War|Northern War]] (1709-1721)
| Attempt to remove Sweden's baltic dominance
| [[Treaty of Nystad]]
| bgcolor="#CC79A7" |  '''Coalition victory in 1721.'''
|-
| [[War of the Fourth Coalition]]
| Part of the [[Napoleonic Wars]].
| [[Treaty of Poznań]] <br> [[Treaties of Tilsit]]
| bgcolor="#CC79A7" | '''French alliance victory'''
|-
| [[War of the Sixth Coalition]]
| Part of the [[Napoleonic Wars]].
| [[Congress of Vienna]]
|  bgcolor="#56B4E9" | '''Coalition victory'''
|}
==See also==
* {{annotated link|List of wars involving Poland}}
* {{annotated link|List of wars involving Sweden}}
* {{annotated link|Polish–Ottoman Wars}}
* {{annotated link|Polish–Russian Wars}}
* {{annotated link|Polish–Teutonic War}}
* {{annotated link|History of Sweden (1611–1648)}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
== Works cited ==
* {{cite book | last=Björlin | first=G. | title=Gustaf II Adolf: läsning för ung och gammal | year=1890 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mMJJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA159 | language=sv | access-date=2024-11-09}}
==Further reading==
{{Main|Bibliography of the history of Poland}}
{{Lithuanian wars and conflicts}}
{{Polish wars and conflicts}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Polish-Swedish Wars}}
[[Category:17th-century conflicts]]
[[Category:Wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]
[[Category:Wars involving Sweden]]
[[Category:Poland–Sweden relations]]
[[Category:Lithuania–Sweden relations]]
[[Category:Warfare of the early modern period]]
[[Category:Polish-Swedish war]]
[[Category:Lists of wars by country involved]]
[[Category:Lists of military conflicts]]